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Treasure Valley Community College: Ready to Fly
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Treasure Valley Community College: Ready to Fly

Throughout TVCC’s six plus decades, its brand identity had shifted and changed, often centered around a beloved athletic mascot, the Chukar. But in 2025, it was clear the college’s brand was no longer reflective of the future-oriented school TVCC had become. With branding that had been inconsistently applied throughout the years, and a mascot illustrated in the 90s, TVCC was ready for a bold brand identity that better represented its growth and investment in the community.

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Why Tactical Marketing Fails—Far Too Often
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Why Tactical Marketing Fails—Far Too Often

I’ve facilitated a lot of marketing strategy sessions over the years. They’re one of my favorite types of meetings to facilitate, because as a strategist, they’re how I gain some of the most valuable insight, especially early on in an engagement with a client. In fact, I generally call these “listening sessions.” You know the social media trend? It’s very we listen and we don’t judge

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You’re (Probably) Using AI Wrong
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You’re (Probably) Using AI Wrong

Even with loading messaging frameworks, voice and tone guardrails, and brand strategy into these LLMs, they're still producing overly-long slop in most cases, and need a very heavy editor's hand (so one might as well type with one's own fingers, in my opinion). What I'm using AI for is analysis and strategic thinking.

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